A man puts on his pyjamas and goes to bed, thousands of people lose their jobs.
why?
I have been thinking of this since I was 8 years old (20 years ago)
2006-09-03 04:34:23 · 30 answers · asked by Emma 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Not fully complete. The question is "A man undresses to go to bed and thousands of people lose their jobs. Why?"
The man is Clark Gable. In the movie "It Happened One Night", he took off his shirt to show he had no undershirt on. So great was his influence that men stopped wearing undershirts and the factories making them has to close down.
In a later movie he wore and undershirt and restored it to fashion
2006-09-03 04:44:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 13⤊ 0⤋
He is a bed tester for a company making the bed.he can not get to sleep because the bed is so uncomfortable as a result he recommends the people making that bed be laid off.Hence thousands lose thier jobs.
2006-09-03 05:39:04 · answer #2 · answered by dink2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok that's really difficult. I tried googling it but nothing comes up. You're going to get everyone else thinking about this for 20 years now!
Hmmm as for the lighthouse keeper answer. It's possible but there must be some significance in them losing their jobs because if you die then the job really loses you, not the other way round. It kinda of suggests they are still alive?
2006-09-03 04:39:28 · answer #3 · answered by Claire// 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The man works in a bed shop. One night he goes out with mates. He goes back to work thinking that it is home and goes to bed. Then the next morning the boss walks in. The bloke has lost his job.
2006-09-03 05:19:38 · answer #4 · answered by Jolene 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice one dukalink, I agree, Now I wont think about it for 20 years....
excerpt:
"It was Gable's powerful performance as a wisecracking reporter that made the film a success and defined him as the ultimate screen idol. The film caused a sensation at the time as it featured the classic scene of Gable stripping off his shirt to reveal his naked torso. As a result undershirt manufacturers reported a drop in sales of men's undershirts"
2006-09-03 05:09:31 · answer #5 · answered by cralas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He lives above a large factory that uses flammable chemichals, his pyjamas were next to an air vent that was leaking some of the chemichals , he turs off the bedside light and a sparks sets fire to his pyjamas, big fire factory closes?
ok , maybe not lol
2006-09-03 04:40:05 · answer #6 · answered by scottydg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good one - I don't know for now
Perhaps he bought a pyjama factory, and made folks redundant.
No. That can't be right, but I too would be most fascinated to learn the answer.
I shall look at other responses.
2006-09-03 11:52:33 · answer #7 · answered by Bob the Boat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its just another day in the world.
You could add and thousands of people lost a shoe
2006-09-03 11:58:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a traffic monitor. Since traffic will be terrible, thousands of workers would be late for work and lose their jobs.
2006-09-03 14:08:57 · answer #9 · answered by wizard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be dumb, but if Santa Claus were to put on his pajamas and go to bed on Christmas Eve, all his workers would be out of work.
2006-09-03 04:38:02 · answer #10 · answered by retiredslashescaped1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋